Table 1 Demographics, clinical characteristics, and physical/mental component scores (n = 168)
Frail (n = 63) | Non-frail (n = 105) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Freq (%) | Mean (SD) | Freq (%) | ||
Age | 69.5 (13.9) | 63.7 (13.5) | .01 | ||
Gender | |||||
Male | 35 (55.6) | 71 (67.6) | .12 | ||
Female | 28 (44.4) | 34 (32.4) | |||
Education | .28 | ||||
≤ High school | 43 (68.3) | 63 (60.0) | |||
> College | 20 (31.7) | 42 (40.0) | |||
Marital status | .33 | ||||
Married | 45 (71.4) | 82 (78.1) | |||
Other | 18 (28.6) | 23 (21.9) | |||
CKD stage (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 38.7 (14.1) | 42.6 (16.8) | .26 | ||
II (60–89) | 6 (9.5) | 18 (17.1) | |||
III (30–59) | 42 (66.7) | 58 (55.2) | |||
IV (15–29) | 15 (23.8) | 29 (27.6) | |||
Employment status | .10 | ||||
Unemployed | 44 (71.0) | 61 (58.1) | |||
Employed | 18 (29.0) | 44 (41.9) | |||
Average income (10,000 won) | .06 | ||||
≤100 | 44 (72.1) | 59 (57.3) | |||
>101 | 17 (27.9) | 44 (42.7) | |||
Etiology of CKD | |||||
Diabetes | 17 (27.0) | 37 (35.2) | .27 | ||
Hypertension | 26 (41.3) | 28 (26.7) | .05 | ||
Glomerulonephritis | 3 (4.8) | 14 (13.3) | .08 | ||
Unknown | 24 (38.1) | 32 (30.5) | .31 | ||
Comorbidities | |||||
Diabetes | 26 (41.3) | 46 (43.8) | .75 | ||
Hypertension | 53 (84.1) | 75 (71.4) | .06 | ||
Cardiovascular disease | 8 (12.7) | 10 (9.5) | .52 | ||
Blood pressure | |||||
Systolic | 127.7 (16.8) | 125.9 (13.3) | .49 | ||
Diastolic | 71.8 (13.0) | 72.9 (10.6) | .55 | ||
BUN | 25.5 (9.5) | 27.4 (10.8) | .25 | ||
Creatinine | 1.8 (.7) | 1.8 (.7) | .96 | ||
Hemoglobin | 12.2 (1.9) | 12.2 (2.0) | .90 | ||
PCS | 38.9 (9.6) | 50.6 (5.5) | < .001 | ||
MCS | 44.1 (13.6) | 54.2 (7.2) | < .001 | ||